Xtranormal Animation

Using Animation in the Classroom

WIth a partner, brainstorm ideas of how you could use animation in your classroom. Post your ideas on Wallwisher.com.

Teaching Resources for Animation

• Why use digital storytelling? Here is a great article from Tech4Learning that gives you more ideas on the why and how of digital storytelling.
• To help students create a high quality project, have students create a project proposal prior to working on their animation project.
• Creating a storyboard also helps in planning critical elements of any movie project.
• Writing good dialogue is the key to building an effective animation movie. If you or your students need more support in how to write good dialogue, here is a lesson plan with ideas on how to help students begin writing dialogue that goes somewhere.
• Frames is another program that allows for digital storytelling using animation. Here is a rubric designed by Frames that can be used with any animation project.